1999–2000 New York Rangers season

The 1999–2000 New York Rangers season was the 74th season for the team in the National Hockey League (NHL). In the regular season, the Rangers finished in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with a 29–38–12–3 record.^[1] New York failed to qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the third straight season.^[2]

For the second time in three seasons, the Rangers fired their head coach during the regular season. John Muckler, who took the position after Colin Campbell's firing in 1997–98, was himself fired with four games left in the season.^[3]^[4] General manager Neil Smith was also fired, bringing an end to his tenure which had seen the Rangers win the Stanley Cup but also fall on hard times.^[4]

Regular season

Final standings

Atlantic Division
No.	CR		GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	PIM	Pts
1	1	Philadelphia Flyers	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	1233	105
2	4	New Jersey Devils	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	1313	103
3	7	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	1221	88
4	11	New York Rangers	82	29	38	12	3	218	246	916	73
5	13	New York Islanders	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	1376	58

Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; OTL=Overtime loss; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; PIM=Penalties in Minutes; Pts = Points
Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.

Eastern Conference^[5]
R		Div	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Pts
1	Z- Philadelphia Flyers	AT	82	45	22	12	3	237	179	105
2	Y- Washington Capitals	SE	82	44	24	12	2	227	194	102
3	Y- Toronto Maple Leafs	NE	82	45	27	7	3	246	222	100
4	X- New Jersey Devils	AT	82	45	24	8	5	251	203	103
5	X- Florida Panthers	SE	82	43	27	6	6	244	209	98
6	X- Ottawa Senators	NE	82	41	28	11	2	244	210	95
7	X- Pittsburgh Penguins	AT	82	37	31	8	6	241	236	88
8	X- Buffalo Sabres	NE	82	35	32	11	4	213	204	85
8.5
9	Carolina Hurricanes	SE	82	37	35	10	0	217	216	84
10	Montreal Canadiens	NE	82	35	34	9	4	196	194	83
11	New York Rangers	AT	82	29	28	12	3	218	246	73
12	Boston Bruins	NE	82	24	33	19	6	210	248	73
13	New York Islanders	AT	82	24	48	9	1	194	275	58
14	Tampa Bay Lightning	SE	82	19	47	9	7	204	310	54
15	Atlanta Thrashers	SE	82	14	57	7	4	170	313	39

Divisions: AT – Atlantic, NE – Northeast, SE – Southeast

Z- Clinched Conference; Y- Clinched Division; X- Clinched Playoff spot

Schedule and results

1999–00 Game Log

October: 4–7–2–0 (Home: 3–5–0–0; Road: 1–2–2–0)

November: 3–5–1–1 (Home: 0–2–1–0; Road: 3–3–0–1)

December: 5–3–3–2 (Home: 5–1–1–1; Road: 0–2–2–1)

January: 10–4–1–0 (Home: 4–2–0–0; Road: 6–2–1–0)

February: 4–7–2–0 (Home: 2–4–1–0; Road: 2–3–1–0)

March: 3–9–2–0 (Home: 1–4–2–0; Road: 2–5–0–0)

April: 0–3–1–0 (Home: 0–2–0–0; Road: 0–1–1–0)

Playoffs

The Rangers failed to qualify for the 2000 Stanley Cup playoffs, missing the playoffs for the third consecutive season.^[2]

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular Season
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM
Nedved, PetrPetr Nedved	76	24	44	68	2	40
Fleury, TheorenTheoren Fleury	80	15	49	64	−4	68
York, MikeMike York	82	26	24	50	−17	18
Hlavac, JanJan Hlavac	67	19	23	42	3	16
MacLean, JohnJohn MacLean	77	18	24	42	−2	52
Graves, AdamAdam Graves	77	23	17	40	−15	14
Dvorak, RadekRadek Dvorak^†	46	11	22	33	0	10
Kamensky, ValeriValeri Kamensky	65	14	20	34	−18	36
Schneider, MathieuMathieu Schneider	80	10	20	30	−6	78
Daigle, AlexandreAlexandre Daigle	58	8	18	26	−5	23
Leetch, BrianBrian Leetch	50	7	19	26	−16	20
Hatcher, KevinKevin Hatcher	74	4	19	23	−10	38
Johnsson, KimKim Johnsson	76	6	15	21	−13	46
Taylor, TimTim Taylor	76	9	11	20	−4	72
Quintal, StephaneStephane Quintal	75	2	14	16	−10	77
Knuble, MikeMike Knuble^‡	59	9	5	14	−5	18
Lacroix, EricEric Lacroix	70	4	8	12	−12	24
Lefebvre, SylvainSylvain Lefebvre	82	2	10	12	−13	43
Stevens, KevinKevin Stevens	38	3	5	8	−7	43
Harvey, ToddTodd Harvey^‡	31	3	3	6	−9	62
DiMaio, RobRob DiMaio^†	12	1	3	4	−8	8
Pilon, RichRich Pilon^†	45	0	4	4	0	36
Witehall, JohanJohan Witehall	9	1	1	2	0	2
Dawe, JasonJason Dawe	3	0	1	1	0	2
Doig, JasonJason Doig	7	0	1	1	−2	22
Stock, P. J.P. J. Stock	11	0	1	1	1	11
Langdon, DarrenDarren Langdon	21	0	1	1	−2	26
Armstrong, DerekDerek Armstrong	1	0	0	0	0	0
Vasiliev, AlexeiAlexei Vasiliev	1	0	0	0	−1	2
Goneau, DanielDaniel Goneau	1	0	0	0	−1	0
Virtue, TerryTerry Virtue	1	0	0	0	−2	0
Purinton, DaleDale Purinton	1	0	0	0	−1	7
Kenady, ChrisChris Kenady	2	0	0	0	−1	0
Malhotra, MannyManny Malhotra	27	0	0	0	−6	4

Goaltenders

Regular Season
Player	GP	TOI	W	L	T	GA	GAA	SA	SV%
Richter, MikeMike Richter	61	3622	22	31	8	173	2.87	1988	.905
McLean, KirkKirk McLean	22	1206	7	8	4	58	2.89	616	.896
Labbe, Jean-FrancoisJean-Francois Labbe	1	60	0	1	0	3	3.00	25	.864
Hnilicka, MilanMilan Hnilicka	2	86	0	1	0	5	3.49	49	.886

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Rangers. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.
^‡Traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with Rangers only.

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Draft picks

New York's picks at the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in Boston, Massachusetts, at the FleetCenter.^[7]^[8]

Round	#	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Junior/Club Team (League)
1	4	Pavel Brendl	RW	Czech Republic	Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
1	9	Jamie Lundmark	C	Canada	Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL)
2	59	David Inman	LW	Canada	Notre Dame (CCHA)
3	79	Johan Asplund	G	Sweden	Brynas IF (Sweden)
3	90	Patrick Aufiero	D	United States	Boston University (Hockey East)
5	137	Garret Bembridge	RW	Canada	Saskatoon Blades (WHL)
6	177	Jay Dardis	C	United States	Proctor Academy (USHS–NH)
7	197	Arto Laatikainen	D	Finland	Blues (Finland)
8	226	Evgeny Gusakov	LW	Russia	Lada Togliatti-2 (Russia)
9	251	Peter Henning	RW	Sweden	Modo Hockey (Sweden)
9	254	Alexei Bulatov	LW	Russia	Dinamo-Energija Yekaterinburg (Russia)

References

↑ "1999–00 New York Rangers Roster and Statistics". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
1 2 Diamos, Jason (2000-04-09). "On The Rangers; No Reward for the $61 Million Risk". The New York Times. Retrieved 2010-06-26.
↑ "Veteran Muckler Hired To Coach N.Y. Rangers". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1998-02-20. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
1 2 Diamos, Jason (2000-03-29). "Hockey – Woeful Rangers Fire Smith and Muckler". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
↑ "1999–2000 Standings by Conference". National Hockey League. Retrieved July 16, 2012.
↑ "1999–00 New York Rangers". hockeydb.com. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
↑ "1999 NHL Entry Draft". Hockey-Reference. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
↑ "NHL Draft History". National Hockey League. Retrieved 2012-07-21.

New York Rangers seasons

1920s	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40

1940s	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50

1950s	1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60

1960s	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70

1970s	1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80

1980s	1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90

1990s	1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00

2000s	2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10

2010s	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup championship

1999–2000 NHL season

Atlantic	New Jersey NY Islanders NY Rangers Philadelphia Pittsburgh

Northeast	Boston Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Toronto

Southeast	Atlanta Carolina Florida Tampa Bay Washington

Central	Chicago Detroit Nashville St. Louis

Northwest	Calgary Colorado Edmonton Vancouver

Pacific	Anaheim Dallas Los Angeles Phoenix San Jose

See also	Entry Draft Expansion Draft All-Star Game Playoffs 2000 Stanley Cup Finals

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